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Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Leah Pipes, Jamie Chung, Margo Harshman, Audrina Patridge in "Sorority Row"

Megan (Audrina Patridge) discovers that her boyfriend, Garrett is cheating on her, with her sorority sisters help, Megan pulls a prank on Garrett by faking her own death. However, the prank goes awry when Garrett stabs Megan with a tire iron, actually killing her this time. The girls dump Megan’s body in the mineshaft, vowing not to even speak of the event again.

Eight months later, after the graduation, the sorority sisters throw a huge party. Chugs leaves the party to go to her sex appointment. However, he is killed when a hooded man turns up. Chugs is killed after that with a wine bottle shoved down her throat.

Then the killer taunts the girls by sending them the video of Megan’s death and threatens to report it to the police if they don’t show up within 20 minutes. The sisters go back to the mineshaft only to find Megan’s body missing. As the hooded killer tries to kill the girls one by one, the mystery and surprise comes to a sudden halt when the killer turns out to be Andy, Cassidy’s boyfriend who was the valedictorian during the graduation.

While the movie reassembles the mix of both The House Bunny and Final Destination, the suspense of the movie turns out to be mediocre. Sorority Row is a poor remake of the original film. Still, it is highly entertaining to watch especially when the girls start to scream.

My ratings: 5 out of 10.

1. Jurassic Park (1993) – USD $914,691,118
2. The Sixth Sense (1999) – USD $672,804,617
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) – USD $618,638,999
4. I Am Legend (2007) – USD $510,982,867
5. Jaws (1975) – USD $470,653,000
6. The Mummy Returns (2001) – USD $433,013,274
7. The Mummy (1999) – USD $415,933,406
8. Signs (2002) – USD $408,247,917
9. Godzilla (1998) – USD $379,014,294
10. Jurassic Park III (2001) – USD $368,780,809

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Gianna Jun in "Blood: The Last Vampire"

Saya (Gianna Jun) is a 400-year-old half human-half vampire who hunts full blooded vampires. Her dad was a vampire hunter as well but was killed by the greatest vampire, Onigen (Koyuki). Vow to avenge her dad’s death, Saya joins a coveted government agency to hunt down vampires with the goal to eventually meet Onigen.

Saya disguises as a Japanese student in an American military school in order to find the demons hiding there. In the process, Saya kills Linda and Sharon, two demons who disguise as students in the school. The slaughter is witnessed by Alice Mckee (Allison Miller), the daughter of General Mckee (Larry Lamb). Alice reveals what she has witnessed to her dad but to no avail since the cleaners manage to disguise themselves as CIA.

Utterly disappointed, Alice goes out hunting for the truth when the sky goes dark but is surrounded by vampires. Alice runs for her life and is saved by Saya, who manages to wipe out all the vampires without even a scratch.

Alice returns home only to find her dad is dying and the government agents try to kill her as well. Alice finds Saya in a motel downtown as her last resort as she has nowhere else to run. Together, they steal a military truck and escape into the jungle as both of them are wanted by the military. While in the forest, they encounter demons which can fly, although with Saya’s abilities, they manage to fend off the demons.

Although the truck plunges down in the end, both of them somehow survive the fall. When Saya finally encounters Onigen, she realizes Onigen is her mother and all the while she kills vampires, she’s becoming more vampirish rather than becoming more human. In the end, Onigen willingly lets Saya to kill her so she would become her.

While the special effect department did a really great job, the character, Alice added some flaw to the film. Although Alice is human, she’s more invincible than Saya. In fact, the only time she bleeds is when she fed her blood to Saya to relieve her. Anyway, Blood: The Last Vampire is still enjoyable to watch, especially if ones like blood.

My ratings: 8 out of 10.

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Rhona Mitra and Michael Sheen in "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans"

Before the start of the first Underworld movie, Lycans or werewolves were once the slaves of the aristocratic vampires dated back to the Dark Ages. A young Lycan named Lucian (Michael Sheen) is spared by Viktor (Bill Nighy), a powerful but ostentatious Vampire overlord. Viktor’s daughter, Sonja (Rhona Mitra) patrols every night to defend the Coven from hoards of ferocious werewolves. Enslaved by the Death Dealers (vampires), Lucian obeys every instruction that is given to him, including killing his own kind.

When Sonja disobeys her dad’s instruction by joining the others to safely escort the humans back to the vampires’ coven, Lucian senses the danger of an overwhelming numbers of werewolves and goes for her rescue by removing the chain on his neck and turns into a Lycan. His transformation and his powerful howl silences every werewolves. Despite saving Sonja, Lycan is punished by Viktor for breaking rules and thus, Lucian’s anger over the enslavement grows more.

Lucian and Sonja are secretly making out almost every night without realizing that Tannis (Steven Mackintosh) has been observing. As Lucian is planning to escape, he needs all the help he can get from Sonja. When they realize that Tannis knows about their secret relationship, Sonja gives up her seat as a council member to Tannis in exchange for secret-keeping and freedom for Lucian.

Lucian manages to release almost every slaves but not everyone manages to escape from the castle. When Viktor finds out about Lucian’s escape, he uses his daughter, Sonja as a bait to get Lucian back to the castle. Lucian foolishly ignores his men and returns to the castle only to be captured again. This time, Lucian has to witness the execution of his lover, Sonja in the dungeon as Sonja has not only broken the law by being with the filthy Lycans but she’s pregnant with a possible hybrid child. Sonja is burnt to ashes when the rooftop is uncovered with the rays of sun turning Sonja into a dark ashes. Lucian becomes furious and mad, he transforms into a werewolf and makes a bid to escape. However, the vampire warriors manage to hold him down with their powerful arrows. Despite that, Lucian manages to make a powerful howl that brings the entire forces of werewolves and the escaped Lycans back to the castle to fight for their lives. Rest assured is an exciting battle between werewolves and the vampires.

In the end, Viktor manages to escape through an underground river by feigning death after Lucian thrusts a sword through his throat. Tannis and Viktor are seen escaping in a small boat with Viktor going back into the coffin to hibernate. The ending footage (which is a scene from Underworld) shows Selene (Kate Beckinsale) disbelieving the tale of his father, Viktor, of whom was said have murdered the entire family and blamed the Lycans.

Overall, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is a prequel which heavily focused on the Lycans and werewolves. The special effect and the transformation from human form to werewolves are just breathe-taking. However, the Death Dealers or the vampires seem weak and heavily relies on armor and weapons in their battles. Still, it is a movie well worth watching.

My rating: 7 out of 10.